| A | B |
|---|
| allergy | a rapid overreactions to an antigen that is not normally harmfull. |
| anemia | a conditon in which a person has too few redblod cells or an insufficient amout of hemoglobin. |
| antibody | proteins in the blood that bind to help destroy foreign substances in the body. |
| antigen | any substances that can cause an immunes response. |
| auntoimmune | any disease in which the immune system of an indivual fails to recognize certain of the body's cells as "self" and produces antibodys to combat them. |
| clotting | the solidification of the blood. |
| hemophilia | a herditary disease in which one or more of the clotting factors are missing from the blood. |
| immunity | the ability of the body to resist a disease. |
| interferon | a produced by the body cells in respons to attack by viruses. |
| leukocte | the nucleated blood cells protect the body from disease causing organisms. |
| lymphocyte | a type of white blood cells that recognizes and destroys antigens present in the body tissue. |
| phagocyte | the process in which large particles or small organisms are ingested into the cells. |
| plasma | the liquid part of the blood. |
| platelets | smal,round or oval blood fragments that trigger the blood clotting process. |
| agglutinin | antigen on the surface of the red blood cells. Type A had A antigens |
| agglutination | blood cells clump together when antigens and antibodies of the same type come together |
| embolism | the obstruction of a blood vessel by a mass of material such as an air bubble or a detached blood clot |
| vaccine | a weakened or dead form of a disease-causing organism used to create active immunity |
